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Update: Well, it seems that GM is going to let me down. I got word on Friday that despite how easily I reproduced the issue for the GM person who came...despite the fact that I reproduced it with a dealer stock car with < 10 miles on it...despite all the people on this site who have similar issues, GM is not prepared to take any action at this time. The regional rep I've been working with said that although he agrees that it's an issue, there have been so few reports of problems that GM feels it is not worth looking into further.
In my opinion the only reason there have not been more reports is that dealers across the country are telling owners that its their driving habits causing the problem, and if people are not willing to waste hours and hours of effort escalating with GM as I have, the message will never even reach GM. Even when I called GM customer service and had a case opened, that didn't get anybody's attention. I had to have a GM employee escalate on my behalf and then I at least got some response. But apparently they aren't tracking those complaints. According to the Camaro brand quality manager and the clutch engineer for the Camaro, mine is the first case that they have heard of. So unless they're lying about that (and I have no reason to suspect that), NONE of the complaints of all my fellow Camaro5 members having these problems have made it to them.
Apparently my options now are to live with the issue as-is (not really an option, it's a matter of pride now), replace the clutch with an aftermarket one and lose my powertrain warranty, or sell the car and go buy a 2011 Mustang GT. What does anyone want to bet that the clutch won't stink or stick to the floor?
It's especially sad that my wife is very interested in the Traverse, but of course we won't buy GM ever again since this is how they have elected to treat us. So we lose out on a great SUV and they lose out on another $30K sale to us.
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